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Temstar

Temstar

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AssassinsMace said:
I didn't know Benedict Wong was a rocket scientist.

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It's from the movie The Martian in which CNSA helped NASA rescue an astronaut stuck on Mars.
In the movie he plays the head of JPL. I thought that was a nice touch since JPL was founded by Qian Xuesen and so they really do have an ancestral link to CNSA.

In the movie JPL put together a cargo spacecraft to send emergency supplies to Mars in a big rush, and in their hurry they didn't test the payload probably which caused the whole rocket (an Atlas V in the movie) to explode shortly after launch. Upon seeing this CNSA reached out to NASA and offered them to launch their payload on top of a new Mars capable CNSA rocket on the condition that a CNSA astronaut get a seat on their next Martian landing mission to which NASA agreed. The CNSA rocket carrying the (even more rushed) 2nd NASA cargo spacecraft ended up having a successful launch.
 
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AssassinsMace

AssassinsMace

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Temstar said:
It's from the movie The Martian in which CNSA helped NASA rescue an astronaut stuck on Mars.
In the movie he plays the head of JPL. I thought that was a nice touch since JPL was founded by Qian Xuesen and so they really do have an ancestral link to CNSA.
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I don't even remember that. I'll have to watch it again.
 
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_killuminati_

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Rank Amateur said:
"'I would like to see more Chinese students coming to the United States to study humanities and social sciences, not particle physics,'" Campbell told the Council on Foreign Relations think-tank."

Translation: We need Chinese students for the tuition revenue, but we should limit them to useless degrees.
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It's more than tuition. They want Chinese students to study these subjects that are written by Western Civilization and bring them back to China. It's one of the primary reasons why Western countries even allow international students, hoping the students take Western values back home and instigate a change. Empirical sciences are more difficult to imbibe with culture.
 
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Eventine

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_killuminati_ said:
It's more than tuition. They want Chinese students to study these subjects that are written by Western Civilization and bring them back to China. It's one of the primary reasons why Western countries even allow international students, hoping the students take Western values back home and instigate a change. Empirical sciences are more difficult to imbibe with culture.
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This. China should restrict exit visas to the West for students studying humanities.
 
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getready

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Bellum_Romanum said:
That's not the case here though. She (Campbell) placed 7th on her swimming discipline which prompted her to realize that she's not able to qualify for the upcoming Olympic games. Her inability to compete in the upcoming summer games have nothing to do with America banning her; it was her own physical limitations that prevented her from fulfilling her goals.
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Yes that's true. Also to be honest it abit rich of American swimmers accusing others of being cocky or disrespectful. They are the worst when it comes to this. They have history of putting down other competitiors and acting obnoxious. Heck, Phelps teammate Locte, is pretty much a dumb racist fratboy. Albeit one of the best swimmers ever. Phelps gets to talk shit cuz he is or was the golden boy of swimming. He himself was suspended before for DUI. Not the best role model.

Anyway, not saying the aussie swimmers are saints, some of them are certainly very cocky. Some are also biased against chinese swimmers like the Americans. But they are very much into the US Aus rivalry in swimming, and Americans definitely should be the last ones in the world to act indignant about trash talking.
 
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Eventine

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vincent said:
There is no exit visa.
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Sorry this wasn't clear - what I'm saying is they should implement an exit visa restriction for students looking to study in "enemy countries" like the US. Doesn't have to be a comprehensive ban, but can be used selectively to counter US efforts at creating more Chinese dissidents and spies.
 
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vincent

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Eventine said:
Sorry this wasn't clear - what I'm saying is they should implement an exit visa restriction for students looking to study in "enemy countries" like the US. Doesn't have to be a comprehensive ban, but can be used selectively to counter US efforts at creating more Chinese dissidents and spies.
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When you want to introduce a new policy/law, you have to consider the methods to enforce them.

Are you going to stop someone from leaving mainland if he/she has an American study visa? That’s the only way to prevent that person from getting to the US because he/she can go to HK or other third countries first before flying to the US.
 
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